Laura was born in Percy Township in 1885 and was there with her parents through 1911. She married David Francis Lynch in Campbellford in 1912. He died in 1919. In 1921 she was with her sister Nellie in Warkworth, Percy Township. She married Charles E. Bowen in Warkworth in 1922. She died in 1977. Interred in Salem Cemetery, Cramahe Township, Ont
Sources, references and notes: From marriage registrations, Ontario Archives, RG80-MS932-221-14939. Percy. David Francis Lynch of Warkworth, 25, bachelor, merchant, son of W. James Lynch and Margaret Gallagher married Laura Bell Peterson, of Percy, 26, spinster, daughter of Wellington F. and Isabella Peterson on 27 March, 1912 at Percy. Witnesses: George and Nellie Black of Warkworth. Both bride and groom Methodist. Rev. J. G. Lewis. By license.
From Ontario Archives, death registrations, RG80-MS935-257-23788. Percy Township. Lynch, David Francis, age 32 years, 6 months, 28 days. Died 3 May 1919. Born Warkworth, died Warkworth. Burial Warkworth cemetery. Merchant, married. Parents; James Lynch and Margaret Gallaher (sic). Cause of Death; peritonitis. Dr. James A. Richards. Informant; C. T. Maycock, Warkworth, on 3 May 1919.
From Ontario Archives, Applications For Probate, MS404-73-17906 Bowen, Charles Edward of Percy, retired merchant, died 18 August 1960. Notice received 24 October 1960 from Laura Bell Bowen of Percy, widow, for probate through the courts of Northumberland and Durham.
Ontario Births, 1869-1912, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNGS-9RH
Ontario Census, Northumberland East, Percy Township, 1891, 1901, 1911 (Laura Peterson)--Ancestry.com
Ontario Marriages, index, 1869-1927, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS8N-8VJ
Ontario Census, Northumberland East, Percy Township, Norham & Warkworth Village, 1911 (Laura Peterson)--Ancestry.com
Ontario Census, Northumberland, Percy Township, town of Percy, 1921 (Laura Lynch)--Ancestry.com
Ontario Marriages, 1801-1928, 1922 (Laura Lynch)--Ancestry.com
Mckague Family Tree, http://mckague.com/genealogy/wilson/PS01/PS01_148.HTM
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